2 months old!

Lucas is 2 months and 1 day old! He is such a fun little baby! He is still really strong (while on the floor during tummy time, he starts to lift one leg and looks like he is trying to roll over (already?))

He is starting to become more vocal with his "coos" and he's starting to become more aware of his environment. I love this time in his little life!

Here are a few pics I took recently:

September 1, 2013

Today I turned 31 and Josh blessed Lucas in church. I was so happy to share this event with my birthday and Josh did a wonderful job!

(don't pay attention to me in this picture, focus on cute little Lucas!)

The boys didn't want to pose for pictures.

2 weeks!

I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks since Lucas came into our lives! He is an amazing little guy and we are so blessed to have him in our family!

He had his 2 week check up yesterday and the doctor says he's doing really well! Lucas is such a strong little guy. The doctor put him on his stomach to check how he lifts his head and Lucas was lifting his head AND turning it side to side. The doctor said they aren't supposed to be able to do that for another month or so! The doctor agreed that he is strong! He is in the 50th percentile for height, weight and length. He is currently 8 lbs 13 oz and 20.5 inches long. (He was measured 21 inches at birth, but the pediatrician said that they probably "over stretched" him at the hospital).

Lucas (sorry for the whole, long story)

July 16--

On this beautiful day, our beautiful second son, Lucas, arrived! 

Tuesday started out pretty normal....(at this point of the pregnancy, I had been feeling some Braxton Hicks but not a lot and not often) I went to work for my whole day (8:30 am to 2 pm). Josh was at home with Aidan since our babysitter was out of town. As I was leaving, a co-worker said "I hope I get to see you back here again" to which I said "I hope not". (just because I was SO DONE with this pregnancy) He was like "What?!" (this is a co-worker that everyone teases all the time because we love the reactions he has to everything!) 

Around 4:30, I started to get some contractions. So I hopped on Google Play and found a contraction timing app. They kept coming, even though they were small and didn't hurt! (It was a weird experience because I didn't get small contractions with Aidan, I went right into the painful ones) Josh about now went into the kitchen and starting making dinner, but I didn't tell him I was having contractions until I was sure that they would keep coming.

When I told him, he asked to let him know how far apart they were coming with the timing of them. I did and they were always so weird......some were 2 minutes apart and some were up to 10 minutes apart. They eventually got to around 2 to 3 minutes apart constantly, so we decided to head over to the hospital. Josh called his mom to let him know what we were doing and she offered to come pick up Aidan over there in case I needed to stay. I called my dad at home, let him know we were headed to the hospital, but that him and my mom (when she got home from picking my sister up)  didn't need to come up until I was sure that I was going to be admitted.

We handed over Aidan to his nana and headed up to L&D. They put me in a small room to monitor me for an hour to see if I progressed any. (I had been sitting at 5 cm for about a week at this point) 

The monitoring showed that I was indeed having some strong contractions (still not really hurting at this point) so they sent me upstairs to admit me.

I got checked again and I was at about 6 cm. So they called the anesthesiologist to get me an epidural. (I can not imagine having a baby without one...I know some women can brave it, but I just can't.) It took him quite a while to come into my room, having to give one to another mother. When he finally did, we got that put into me and pretty soon I was at 10 cm. The contractions were very strong then. I was so afraid of hurting Josh's hand, I felt I was squeezing the life out of it. He was so awesome to have by my side. He would watch the monitor when I was having the contractions and letting me know when I was coming down from one, that was such a huge help! Helped to reassure me. 

My doctor showed up and I started pushing. I'm not sure how long I pushed. The only thing I really remember is someone (turned out to be Josh) saying, "if you want to scream to help you push, just do it." So i did and it felt wonderful :)

Then Lucas arrived at 10:55 pm! They let me hold him skin to skin for a little bit before taking his stats and cleaning him up. He weighed 8 lbs 10 ounces and was 21 inches long! He's now almost 3 days old and such a joy already. Just waiting for him to get over the "gotta sleep all day long except to eat" phase!

Here's a few more pictures:

at hospital

ready to head home

big brother, little brother, and mom "napping"

June 29th and July 6th.........special days :)

June 29th--

I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and received my endowments!

July 6th--

A week later......Josh, Aidan, and I went back to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and were sealed together as an eternal family! We have worked so hard for this day since we came back to church in Dec 2011 and it was an amazing one! Here are some pictures:

12 more weeks........

......until our second son arrives! I wish it was closer just to meet him and get the labor over with, but he needs to stay in for 3 more months!
It's going to be a LONG summer!

On March 19th,2013...........

.........we found out we are having another baby boy on July 27th!
Most people already know this because I announced it on Facebook and a lot of people don't read this blog....but I like to think of this blog as my family journal so I wanted to put it up.
This is my favorite picture from the ultrasound: